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Federal Job Cuts Are Making Wildfires Harder to Fight

Federal Job Cuts Are Making Wildfires Harder to Fight
NYT Science Friday 14 August 2026, 09:02 UTC By Scott Dance 1 min read
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Firefighters at the Summit fire in Llano, Calif., last month.

Firefighters at the Summit fire in Llano, Calif., last month.
Federal Job Cuts Are Making Wildfires (ORG) Summit (LOCATION) Llano (LOCATION) Calif. (LOCATION)
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